Guess That Temperature!

So I bottled my hefe last night after two weeks in primary. During those two weeks, the temps around here have fluctuated quite a bit but mostly they were on the warm side, so I had the carboy in a water bath and I added frozen water bottles every day. To the point, after removing the carboy from the water bath, this is what's left of my "Fermometer":

Yeah, they don't like water too much. But I guess you know that

I would say 73. What did I win?

definitely absolute 0, Kelvin.

malkore said:

definitely absolute 0, Kelvin.

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His name is Omar...not Kelvin.

Looks like it's colder than a witches tittie.

XCMerk22 said:

Looks like it's colder than a witches tittie.

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I don't want to know how you know...

Why the water bath? Just put a scoop or two of oxyclean or PBW, fill with warm water, let it soak. Clean the outside with simplegreen or another cleaner.

Evan! said:

Why the water bath? Just put a scoop or two of oxyclean or PBW, fill with warm water, let it soak. Clean the outside with simplegreen or another cleaner.

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The carboy looked kinda stressed, I figured a bath would help it relax...

I've had this happen to me also after placing the fermenters in a water bath to cool down.

This is the MAIN reason why I now recommend using scotch tape to adhere the therm strips to the container. This way they can be removed when bathing. While in the bath I use a temp gage.

This works well and saves money because the therm strips aren't constantly being replaced. You can also remove them during washing.

yeah, I "lost" a fermometer that way, too. Now, when I do a water bath, I put the floating thermometer in the water, figuring that the water temperature is about the same as the beer temperature.

When I buy a new one, I'll do as hb_99 suggests and use scotch tape.